When Kathryn Gallagher’s 13-year-old artificial heart valve started to fail, the oxygen-rich blood feeding her organs, tissues, and muscles slowed to a trickle. The condition, known as aortic valve stenosis, brought everything she loved doing to a standstill. The 80-year-old weightlifter and exercise junky could barely climb the stairs in her house without having to…| Kaiser Permanente Look insideKP Northern California
Use of capnography is charging ahead for more accurate prehospital diagnoses and care| EMS1
Amid protocol changes and airway/respiratory procedure modifications due to COVID-19, it’s comforting to know that when it comes to EtCO2 monitoring, you don’t need to change anything| EMS1
A firefighter suffered a medical emergency and collapsed while on the roof of a building during a two-alarm fire in Brooklyn| EMS1
Identifying and treating tension pneumothorax, a life-threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma| EMS1
The West Bloomfield High School "WB Has Heart" program involves awareness, screenings, training, merchandise and events| EMS1
Help student paramedics identify CHF, Curare cleft and ROSC in capnography waveforms, and develop a treatment plan| EMS1
Join Steve Whitehead, Hartwell Medical and EMS1 for 26 brand-new episodes, from CPR consciousness, to hands off chest time and sedation controversies| EMS1
Try these six tips to take some of the pressure off of getting a blood pressure| EMS1
Steve Whitehead shares his thoughts on how to handle family members during a cardiac arrest| EMS1